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Originally Posted by absurdplanet
I really want to see Tal--I've seen him with the rest of this band a few times; is Vinnie hot or what?
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Yes, the drumming was spectacular. But he does do an awful lot of jazzy improvising and on some of the trickier songs timing-wise...like
Blast From The East and that fast jazzy thing they did at the beginning of the Ronnie Scotts DVD...we noticed them losing it and having to get back on time with a bit of 'head nodding'. It was good but it was obviously putting some serious pressure on Tal and the keyboard guy since there was sometimes more syncopation than rhythm, if you know what I mean, and obviously the guitar work was spontaneous and 'out there' much of the time. Those 2 did a good job of holding it all together.
Tal really did seem tired and a bit fed up though. Been a long tour, I guess. Must be difficult to stay bright and perky every night. Her bass had a strange EQ too with surprisingly little low end for a
bass (but I don't think being tired had anything to do with
that 
).
Hard to believe Jeff is 65 by watching him.